Posted on 04/30/2016 9:59:35 AM PDT by No One Special
Edited on 04/30/2016 12:57:46 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
The Russian dissident Vladimir Bukovsky has been on hunger strike at his home in Cambridge for more than a week in protest at what he calls the
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Our modern computers are more sieves than we think. The planting of porn sounds like an uncomfortable possibility here if there’s no other reason to believe he wants it or is doing anything with it.
No doubt all members of the Crown Protective Services are pure as new fallen snow and none could ever be bribed.
That may be a sign of the real problem. If they're PC-cowardly enough to hire a woman in that job, they're cowardly enough to be bribed or intimidated by the FSB. People without principles have nothing they're willing to fight for.
I don’t care who you are, you’re an idiot who’s only hurting yourself by going on a hunger strike.
I’m a fan of Diana West but I part company with her position on this issue with Bukovsky. I understand her personal connection with Bukovsky— related to her most recent book— but I’m not prepared to dismiss crimes of deviancy to some giant conspiracy designed to sully a reputation (esp. someone in old age and insignificant). And I’m suprised he didn’t throw the CIA into the conspiratorial mix given his criticism of CIA torture practices at Gitmo, Abu Ghraib, et al. From my experience as an investigator, where’s there smoke there’s an inferno. Bukovsky was not only charged with 5 counts of possession of indecent photographs, he was charged with 5 counts of making indecent photographs as well. I’m not saying he’s guilty, I’m just not saying that he’s not.
“Bukovsky faces five charges of making indecent images of children, five of possessing indecent images of children, and one of possessing a prohibited image.”
As far as making indecent images, the UK law specifies either photographs or pseudo-photographs (Photoshopped images).
Conclusive evidence would be the identity of the child or children pictured. That is, if the accused had access to them, or at least the ability to photo manipulate to create unique images.
Possession also has criteria. That is, there must be a known origin to the images, and he made an effort to obtain them. However, there is vagueness to the separate charge of possession of a prohibited image.
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